Fact or Fiction! Evaluate your sources and information.
Don't forget as good researchers you must always carefully select and evaluate information. Use the 5 criteria below to assess your sources and information:
Criteria
Rational
Accuracy
Anyone can publish information.
Who wrote/sponsored the information?
Is the author/sponsor qualified? An expert?
Does the author provide information about themselves?
Authority/Authorship
Is the information reliable and error free?
Is there someone who checks or verifies the information?
Bias / Point of View
What type of audience is the author addresing?
Is the information fact, opinion or propaganda?
Is there multiple points of view?
Is the language free of emotion?
Is the information provided supported by research?
Currency
How current is the information? Is their a publication date?
Are the links up to date?
What kind of information are you looking for? statistics? historic events? current events?
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Coverage
What topics are covered?
How detailed or broad is the material?
Is the information relevant and valuable to your research needs?
Need a book? Information for a project? Get help at the KHS Library Reference Page. Search the library catalog with OPAC for an SSR book or log into one of our subscription databases for articles, web links, graphics, sound and video files. Don't forget to do your bibliography with help from links to MLA and APA formats.
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Fact or Fiction! Evaluate your sources and information.
Don't forget as good researchers you must always carefully select and evaluate information. Use the 5 criteria below to assess your sources and information:
Accuracy
Authority/Authorship
Bias / Point of View
Currency
- How current is the information? Is their a publication date?
- Are the links up to date?
- What kind of information are you looking for? statistics? historic events? current events?
*Coverage
Kapolei High School Library Reference Page
Need a book? Information for a project? Get help at the KHS Library Reference Page. Search the library catalog with OPAC for an SSR book or log into one of our subscription databases for articles, web links, graphics, sound and video files. Don't forget to do your bibliography with help from links to MLA and APA formats.